Table 2.
The key legal instrument for marine plastic pollution management in Morocco (WorldBank, 2022)
| Year | Law or Decree | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Law No 28–00 | Law No. 28–00 on Waste Management aims to lay the foundations of a waste management policy |
| Law No. 54–05 | According to Article 1, this law applies to contracts for the delegated public services management and facilities concluded by local authorities or their groupings and public establishments | |
| 2008 | Decree No. 2–07-253 | Decree n° 2–07-253 (July 18, 2008), on the waste classification and establishment of the list of hazardous wastes, provides an inventory and classification of waste |
| 2009 | Law No. 99–12 | The framework law No. 99–12 on the National Charter for the Environment and Sustainable Development defines, in article 8, the updating of the legislative framework concerning waste, including the promotion of waste recovery procedures and the integration of EPR (extended producer responsibility) principles |
| 2010 | Law No. 22–10 | Law No. 22–10 on the usage of degradable or biodegradable plastic bags and sacks bans the manufacture of non-biodegradable or non-degradable plastic bags and sacks for the local market, their import, distribution, holding for sale, offering for sale, and sale |
| 2012 | Decree No. 2–12-172 | Decree No. 2–12-172 sets the technical and procedural requirements for the disposal and recovery processes of waste by incineration |
| 2015 | Law No. 77–15 | Law No. 77–15 or Zero Mika Law supplemented Law No. 22–10 to stipulate the prohibition on the production, import, export, marketing, and use of bags made of plastic |
| Law No. 81–12 | This law sets the basic rules for the improvement, protection, enhancement, preservation, and conservation of the coastline | |
| 2016 | Law No. 113–14 | This organic law stipulates municipal establishment and management of public services, facilities, and equipment necessary to collect, transport, treat, and recover domestic waste |
| 2018 | Decree No. 2–17-587 | Decree No. 2.17.587 (December 10, 2018) set the terms and conditions for waste import, export, and transit |
| 2019 | Law No. 13–101 | Relating to pleasure boating, differentiating the applicability of plastics laws from those applicable to commercial or fishing vessels, completing the Moroccan maritime legislation previously based on the Maritime Code of Commerce |
| 2020 | Law 57–18 | Amends and supplements Law No. 77–15; Dahir no. 126.19.1 also further amends Law 57–18 with new definitions, reporting requirements planned to control manufacturers’ activities, and a more precise definition of agents’ enforcement and inspection roles |